JBmadtown
Well-Known Member
I have a previous thread where I talked about an attempt to make an oktoberfest in aug using wyeast 1007. It did not go well and I would like to know why.
recipe: 1# cara45 steeped, 6.4# amber LME, 1.6# pilsen DME, 1 oz hallertauer (60min)
yeast: wy1007 starter did not go well and so 1/2gal starter was all pitched.
Ferm: OG not taken. FG 1.016 after 6 weeks. tried a swamp cooler, but temps were 65-70 for 1 week then 60-65 for 5 weeks.
Bottled: 4.5 oz corn sugar priming. tasted nice and malty.
tasting:
2 weeks - wonderful malty, toffee, caramel taste
6 weeks - fruity like fruit punch
3 months - highly carbonated (hard not pour because glass fills with foam), fruity almost like a soda.
- I degassed a bottle and took a gravity and it is now 1.012
- every bottle is the same
what went wrong?
- I know the fermenting temp was too high. I am never doing another hybrid in aug unless I have a fermenting chamber. It could be an infection, but which one?
recipe: 1# cara45 steeped, 6.4# amber LME, 1.6# pilsen DME, 1 oz hallertauer (60min)
yeast: wy1007 starter did not go well and so 1/2gal starter was all pitched.
Ferm: OG not taken. FG 1.016 after 6 weeks. tried a swamp cooler, but temps were 65-70 for 1 week then 60-65 for 5 weeks.
Bottled: 4.5 oz corn sugar priming. tasted nice and malty.
tasting:
2 weeks - wonderful malty, toffee, caramel taste
6 weeks - fruity like fruit punch
3 months - highly carbonated (hard not pour because glass fills with foam), fruity almost like a soda.
- I degassed a bottle and took a gravity and it is now 1.012
- every bottle is the same
what went wrong?
- I know the fermenting temp was too high. I am never doing another hybrid in aug unless I have a fermenting chamber. It could be an infection, but which one?